Kitchen utensil for draining cooking vessels.



E. D. BURDIN. KITCHEN UTENSIL FOR DRAINING COOKING VESSELS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 16, 1912.

Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

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,4 TTOR/VEY UNITED STATES EVA 1). BURDIN, OF WHITE BLUFF, WASHING'JION.

KITCHEN UTENSIL FOR DRAINING COOKING VESSELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

Application filed March 16, 1912. Serial No. 684,305.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EVA D. BURDIN, citizen of the United States,residing at White Bluff, in the county of Benton and State ofWashington, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inKitchen Utensils for Draining CookingVessels, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in kitchen utensils andparticularly to devices adapted for use in the operation of drainingwater or other liquid out of a cooking vessel which may also containsolids like potatoes or other vegetables; and the object of my inventionis to provide a simple and effective utensil whereby pots and kettleswhose contents may be boiling hot can easily be manipulated and emptiedof their contents without subjecting ones hands to the heat of thevessel itself or to the heat of the steam arising from its contents. 1attain this object in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawingin which-- Figure 1, 1s a view in side elevation of my inventionappliedto a stewkettle; Fig. 2, is a plan view of the same and Fig. 3,is a fragmentary View in end elevation of a part of my device withoutthe kettle.

Referring to the drawings in which like parts are indicated by likenumbers, a stew kettle 10, having a bail 22 looped through the ears 23which are secured by means of rivets 24, may be gripped or seized by theholder 11 in the manner illustrated, which holder 11 may be constructedpreferably of iron although other materials maybe employed. Holder 11,somewhat like a air of pliers, is made in two parts 12 and 13 whichparts 12 and 13 are hingedly fastened together by means of arivet-14, ina manner well known, which rivet 14 acts as a fulcrum so that a greatdeal more pressure may be exerted to grip the edge of the kettle 10 bythe jaws of parts 12 and 13 than is exerted by ones hand 21 on thehandle of the holder 11. Faste-ned to the top of part 12 by means ofscrew 15 is strip 16,

which is formed to be slidably inserted into the straps 17 which arefixed to the corrugated plate 18 by means of the rivets 19. Thecorrugated plate 18 is perforated with holes 20 through which liquid maypass during the process of draining a vessel but the holes of small sizemay prevent the egress of the vegetables or other solids.

The operation of my invention is as follows: After the lid of the kettleto be drained is removed, the sliding corrugated platel8 may be adjustedon strip 16 to reach the edge of the kettle 10 opposite the holder 11,then the edge of kettle 10 is firmly gripped by the jaws of holder 11 sothat plate'18 bears hard against the top edge of. said kettle 10,whereupon the kettle 10 may be picked up by holder 11 and carried to asink or other place where the excess liquid is to be disposed and by thetipping up of said kettle the liquid can be drained through small holes20 in plate 18, the solids being retained in the kettle, and during suchoperation ones hands may be subjected to-no painful contact with steamor radiant heat.

If desiredthe handles of the holder 11 may be covered or served with amaterial, that is a poor heat conductor, and the form of the parts oftheholder 11 and the plate 16 may be modified as desired, and alsovarious suitable means will suggest themselves for maintaining in adesired position the plate 18 on the strip 16 without departing from thescope of my invention.

WVhat I claim is: i

In a device of the class described, the combination with: pliers havingjaws whose faces normally are parallel with its han; dles, of an armsecurely attached to one member of said pliers to extend therefrom in aplane substantially at a right angle to said faces of said jaws and astrainer slidably mounted on said arm.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this twenty first dayof February A. D., 1912; I

EVA D. BURDIN.

Witnesses:

B. P. BURGESS, ANNA HABKINS.

